The Doctrine of Repentance

1. Every sin is a recession from¹ ⟨p. 151⟩God^*, Jer. 2. 5. God is the supreme good, and our blessedness lies in union with him; but sin, like a strong bias, draws away the heart from God. The sinner takes his leave of God; he bids farewell to Christ and mercy. Every step forward in sin, is a step backward from God, Isa. 1. 4. They have forsaken the Lord, they are gone away backward. The³ further one goes from the Sun, the nearer he approacheth to darkness: the further the soul goes from God, the nearer it approach to misery.

1. Every sin is a recession from¹ ⟨p. 151⟩God^*, Ier. 2. 5. God is the supream good, and our blessedness lyes in union with him; but sin, like a strong byass, draws away the heart from God. The sinner takes his leave of God; he bids farewel to Christ and mercy. Every step forward in sin, is a step backward from God, Isa. 1. 4. They have forsaken the Lord, they are gone away backward. The³ further one goes from the Sun, the nearer he approacheth to darkness: the further the soul goes from God, the nearer it approach to misery.

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